last updated on October 29, 2026

If you are a lover of Sweetgreen harvest bowl, this copycat recipe is perfect for you! If you’ve never had it, chances are you’ll love this too. The Harvest bowl has kale massaged with balsamic dressing, wild rice, chicken, roasted sweet potatoes, fresh apple, almonds, and goat cheese! It is perfect for fall and really simple to throw together.

Other than tasting delicious, making this bowl at home will also save you lots of money! This salad comes out to just under $15 which is a pretty penny for a salad. So, make this recipe at home and save lots of cash! Plus you can double or triple this recipe and have meal prepped food for the week!

ingredients needed for sweetgreen harvest bowl

4 cups kale
1 cup cooked wild rice (or brown rice)
1 lb roasted chicken
1 cup sliced sweet potato
1 red apple
1/4 cup goat cheese
1/4 cup crushed almonds
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tsp dijon mustard
1 tsp honey
salt and pepper, to taste

how to make this Sweetgreen harvest bowl insanely easy

If you need a 10 minute dinner, you can make this salad insanely quickly by doing a couple hacks. Instead of cooking wild rice from scratch, use a bag of precooked rice! Trader Joe’s has a frozen rice medley that is kind of similar to wild rice and is delicious. Plus it cooks in three minutes so it is quick!

The other hack is to use precooked rotisserie chicken. Pick one up from any grocery store and it will work perfectly in this salad. With the quick cook rice and pre-cooked chicken, you can seriously throw this salad together in 10 minutes, and it will taste amazing!

how to make this salad exactly like sweetgreen

If you dig deep into Sweetgreen’s nutritional facts page you can learn a lot. It details what ingredients are in each separate thing. So, I think my recipe is about as spot on as you can get! You can take a few short cuts like I described above, but if you want all the flavors spot on, here is what I learned.

For both their roasted chicken and roasted sweet potatoes, Sweetgreen only uses oil and umami seasoning. That’s it! So if you want this bowl to taste just like Sweetgreen’s, season your chicken and sweet potatoes with oil and umami seasoning. If you don’t have umami seasoning, my favorite kind is from Trader Joe’s. It is in their spice section and has a great flavor (and is so affordable!).

Also, Sweetgreen tosses their salads, so if you want it identical, throw everything in a bowl and toss it all together! This is obviously optional, but definitely adds to the Sweetgreen feel.

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Ingredients

4 cups kale
1 cup cooked wild rice or brown rice
1 lb roasted chicken
1 sweet potato about 1 cup sliced
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tsp umami seasoning optional
salt and pepper, to taste
1 red apple
1/4 cup goat cheese
1/4 cup crushed almonds

balsamic vinaigrette

1/4 cup olive oil
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tsp dijon mustard
1 tsp honey
salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 425 F. Slice the sweet potato in fourths, then into slices, about 1/4" thick. Transfer the sweet potato to a baking sheet and toss with olive oil, umami seasoning (optional), salt, and pepper. Cook for 15 minutes, until they're starting to brown.
While the sweet potato cooks, prepare everything else. Cut the apple into 1/2" cubes.
To make the dressing, add the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, dijon mustard, honey, salt, and pepper to a jar. Shake until fully blended (or use a milk frother to quickly emulsify!).
Pour the dressing over the kale and toss until the kale is fully coated. Divide the kale into two bowls and top with cooked wild rice, roasted chicken, roasted sweet potato, apple, crushed almonds, and goat cheese. If you want it to be just like Sweetgreen, toss the salad until everything is well mixed. Enjoy!

What’d you think? I’d love to hear your thoughts or if you have any questions!